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******* accuses Hezbollah of breaching ceasefire, launches airstrike – National

The ******** military on Thursday said its warplanes fired on southern Lebanon after detecting Hezbollah activity at a rocket storage facility, the first ******** airstrike a day after a ceasefire between ******* and Hezbollah took hold.

There was no immediate word on casualties from *******’s aerial *******, which came hours after the ******** military said it fired on people trying to return to certain areas in southern Lebanon. ******* said they were violating the ceasefire agreement, without providing details. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said two people were wounded.

The back-to-back incidents stirred unease about the agreement, brokered by the ******* States and France, which includes an initial two-month ceasefire in which Hezbollah militants are to withdraw north of the Litani River and ******** forces are to return to their side of the border. The buffer zone would be patrolled by Lebanese troops and U.N. peacekeepers.

On Thursday, the second day of a ceasefire after more than a year of ******* conflict between ******* and Hezbollah, Lebanon’s state news agency reported that ******** ***** targeted civilians in Markaba, close to the border, without providing further details. ******* said it fired artillery in three other locations near the border. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

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*******-Lebanon ceasefire takes effect

An Associated Press reporter in northern ******* near the border heard ******** drones buzzing overhead and the sound of artillery strikes from the Lebanese side.

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The ******** military said in a statement that “several suspects were identified arriving with vehicles to a number of areas in southern Lebanon, breaching the conditions of the ceasefire.” It said troops “opened ***** toward them” and would “actively enforce violations of the ceasefire agreement.”

******** officials have said forces will be withdrawn gradually as it ensures that the agreement is being enforced. ******* has warned people not to return to areas where troops are deployed, and says it reserves the right to strike Hezbollah if it violates the terms of the truce.

A Lebanese military official said Lebanese troops would gradually deploy in the south as ******** troops withdraw. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief media.

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The ceasefire agreement announced late Tuesday ended 14 months of conflict between ******* and Hezbollah that began a day after ******’ Oct. 7, 2023 ******* out of Gaza, when the Lebanese militant group began ******* rockets, drones and missiles in solidarity.

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Lebanon ceasefire: What’s needed to keep peace

******* retaliated with airstrikes, and the conflict steadily intensified for nearly a year before boiling over into all-out war in mid-September. The conflict in Gaza is still raging with no end in sight.

More than 3,760 people were ******* by ******** ***** in Lebanon during the conflict, many of them civilians, according to Lebanese health officials. The fighting ******* more than 70 people in ******* — over half of them civilians — as well as dozens of ******** soldiers fighting in southern Lebanon.

Some 1.2 million people were displaced in Lebanon, and thousands began streaming back to their homes on Wednesday despite warnings from the Lebanese military and the ******** army to stay out of certain areas. Some 50,000 people were displaced on the ******** side, but few have returned and the communities near the northern border are still largely deserted.

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In Menara, an ******** community on the border with views into Lebanon, around three quarters of homes are damaged, some with collapsed roofs and burnt-out interiors. A few residents could be seen gathering their belongings on Thursday before leaving again.

Frankel reported from northern *******. Associated Press writer Natalie Melzer in Nahariya, ******* contributed.

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